FüRTH. VfL Wolfsburg overcomes SpVgg Greuther Fürth with a 2-0 win with a goal from L. Nmecha 10minute and a penalty from W. Weghorst 90minute. VfL Wolfsburg took advantage of its superior ball possession (72%). Its vastly superior ball possession (72%) was among they key factors of its victory.
The match was played at the Sportpark Ronhof Thomas Sommer stadium in Fürth on Saturday and it started at 1:30 pm local time. The referee was Robert Hartmann that was helped by Christian Leicher and Markus Schüller. The 4th official was Patrick Alt. The weather was clouds. The temperature was pleasant at 22 degrees Celsius or 71.6 Fahrenheit. The humidity was 68%.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth started with a conservative line-up. On the other side, VfL Wolfsburg adopted for a 4-2-3-1 formation.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth – Formation
SpVgg Greuther Fürth
67'
90'
Stefan Leitl decided to play with the following team: Sascha Burchert , Marco Meyerhofer , Maximilian Bauer , Nick Viergever , Jetro Willems , Håvard Nielsen , Sebastian Griesbeck , Paul Seguin , Julian Green , Cédric Itten and Branimir Hrgota .
The home team had on the bench: Marius Funk, Jeremy Dudziak, Adrian Fein, Abdourahmane Barry , Hans Nunoo Sarpei, Max Christiansen , Timothy Tillman, Dickson Abiama and Jamie Leweling .
Best player: Marco Meyerhofer
The player that probably impressed the most for SpVgg Greuther Fürth was Marco Meyerhofer.
His rating is with 0 goals, 16 passes (62% accurate) and 0 key passes. He was won 8 duels out of 13. He performed 1 cross.
VfL Wolfsburg – Formation
VfL Wolfsburg
10'
On the other side, Mark Leitl played with: Koen Casteels , Ridle Baku , Maxence Lacroix , Sebastiaan Bornauw , Yannick Gerhardt , Josuha Guilavogui , Maximilian Arnold , Lukas Nmecha , Maximilian Philipp , Luca Waldschmidt and Wout Weghorst .
They had on the bench: John Brooks , Daniel Ginczek, Kevin Mbabu , Pavao Pervan, Jérôme Roussillon, Admir Mehmedi, Aster Vranckx, Renato Steffen and Dodi Lukebakio .
Best player: Lukas Nmecha
The player that probably impressed the most for VfL Wolfsburg was Lukas Nmecha.
His rating is with 1 goal, 27 passes (62% accurate) and 1 key pass. He was won 7 duels out of 8. He performed 2 crosses.
Match report
- ! 28 Ball Possession 72
Shots
- 9 Total 8
- 4 On Target 3
- 5 Off Target 5
- 1 Shots blocked 1
- 114 Attack 101
- 29 Dangerous attack 43
- 60 Ball safe 84
- 0 Penalties 1
- 3 Corners 5
Fouls
- 15 Total 15
- 2 Yellow Cards 3
- 0 Double Yellow 0
- 0 Red Card 0
Other
- 4 Substitutions 4
VfL Wolfsburg was in firm control of the ball 72% while SpVgg Greuther Fürth was struggling with a 28% ball possession.
VfL Wolfsburg was extremely more aggressive with 43 dangerous attacks and 8 shots of which 3 were on target. This is the reason why VfL Wolfsburg won the match.
SpVgg Greuther Fürth shoot 9 times, 4 on target, 5 off target. On the other side, VfL Wolfsburg shoot 8 times, 3 on target, 5 off target.
Cards
SpVgg Greuther Fürth received 2 yellow cards (P. Seguin and S. Griesbeck). On the other side, VfL Wolfsburg received 3 yellow cards (W. Weghorst, R. Baku and D. Lukebakio).
Match Timeline
Standing
After this match, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will stay with 1 points to stay in the 17th place. On the other side, VfL Wolfsburg will have 12 points to stay in the 1st place.
In the next match in the Bundesliga, SpVgg Greuther Fürth will play away Hertha BSC on the 17th of September with a 0-0 head to head record. VfL Wolfsburg will host Eintracht Frankfurt on the 19th of September with a 13-6 head to head in favor of VfL Wolfsburg (11 draw).
Results of the day
These are the results of the day in the Bundesliga.
- Bayer 04 Leverkusen – Borussia Dortmund – 3-4
- 1. FC Union Berlin – FC Augsburg – 0-0
- SC Freiburg – 1. FC Köln – 1-1
- TSG Hoffenheim – 1. FSV Mainz 05 – 0-2
- SpVgg Greuther Fürth – VfL Wolfsburg – 0-2
- RB Leipzig – FC Bayern München – 1-4